Conservatism is not about leaving people behind. Conservatism is about empowering people to catch up, to give them the tools at their disposable that make it possible for them to access all the hope, all the promise, all the opportunity that America offers. And our programs to help them should reflect that.

In 2013 we had never faced a crisis like the Syrian refugee crisis now. Up until that point, a refugee meant someone fleeing oppression, fleeing Communism like it is in my community.

When was the last time you heard news accounts of a boatload of American refugees arrive on the shores of another country?

The government can't change the weather.

We need to repeal Dodd-Frank act. It is eviscerating small businesses and small banks.

We do have to treat people the way Americans always treat people, with the highest level of compassion and care. But they will have to be returned, because that is the law. If you ignore that, if you don't apply that - as heartbreaking as it may be - you are basically telling another 80,000 people to try to come.

Let's stop talking about new taxes and start talking about creating new taxpayers, which basically means jobs.